Honestly, solved problem. The egg came first because the ancestors of chickens also laid eggs.

Agreed with all of the above, but governments can do a lot to speed adoption. And I would argue that we should demand they do more.

I don't think you're necessarily arguing otherwise, I just wanted to reply to your point here. If I read you right, I'm mostly agreeing with you.

It's probably worth separating out "health" from adult life expectancy and infant life expectancy.

First, the obvious. We've done a lot to reduce infant mortality, and that's reflected in life expectancy. But it's not the only reason life expectancy has gone up.

Hunter-gatherers appear to be both healthier and happier than those of us who live in agricultural and industrial civilizations, but a much smaller percentage survive to adulthood. One could also argue that adults in the 1960s were healthier than adults today, even if they did not ultimately live as long, because modern medicine is very good at extending the lives of unhealthy people.

If humans in the 2020s had healthier lifestyles and diets in addition to 60 years of remarkable medical advances, would we not have longer, healthier, more fulfilling lives? Do we really need any more evidence to definitively conclude that much of our civilization is being made sick by a combination of poor diet, pollution, inactivity, and harmful activity?

I'd argue that McDonald's was pretty clearly at fault in that case. McDonald's coffee practices were reckless and unnecessarily hazardous to consumers. I'm glad the jury thought so too.

But if you're interested in the topic, you might enjoy the articles linked from this one: The legal perils of hot coffee – from the Circuit Civil Court in Dublin to the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg

Fixed that for you.

If you read the linked study, you might be surprised to learn that people who read/watch MSNBC and CNN are more informed than those who watch no news. And, as was already covered, those who watch no news are more informed than those who watch Fox.

In reply to your other comment, I'd say if you're getting your summaries of mainstream/"liberal" media from conservative media, you're not getting an accurate portrayal of that media. I used to spend a lot of time watching both. It's horrifying how much conservative media has been deliberately misrepresenting every other viewpoint.

I find this debate funny because the replies in this thread seem to be debating the actual legal issues at play in this case without realizing it.

IANAL, but my limited understanding is that the first big legal question to be resolved is what constitutes Apple's (or Google's) market. Apple only has ~30% of the smartphone market, but their app store has 100% of the iOS market. Depending on the answer to that question, either of you could be right. If the market is all smartphones, Apple can't be a monopoly. If it's the iOS App market, consumers are locked in and can only buy their apps through Apple. If not, consumers have plenty of choices.

Personally, I feel Apple's policies are both monopolistic and net bad for the consumer, so Epic should win this one. I love my Apple products, but I'd be using a different app store with a lower tax on developers in a heartbeat if I could. Switching platforms would be too costly for me, and jailbreaking isn't a great solution.

Don't act so incredulous. That wouldn't even be Barr's most brazen violation of the public trust or his oath.

The luddites were arguably correct. In the very near future, many of them lost their jobs. Economies can take decades to adapt, and, for various reason, those displaced workers may never find new, comparably paying jobs.

Of course, in the long run, the macroeconomy recovered, and other jobs were created. But the luddites themselves did indeed suffer.

Maybe at some point. But it has not yet, and things have been accelerating.

As an individual, you are constrained in how much sugar you can consume because negative feedback loops stop you.

As a civilization, our energy usage may not be inherently constrained. Our burning of fossil fuels will likely be constrained by the economic, civil, political, and biological impacts of CO2 emissions. Maybe that will also permanently constrain our energy usage... we'll see.

For now, however, energy use clearly increases with supply and we have not seen any inflection point there. Bitcoin uses more electricity than produced by all the world's solar panels. Energy efficiency. has improved drastically, but energy use keeps going up. It seems foolish to think this will change in our lifetimes (again, barring civilization collapse).

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You are conflating outright dishonesty/lying with both deception and bias. I don't think you are trying to lie or be dishonest by doing so.

I agree that we should stop tolerating deception, particularly in marketing. And especially when it comes to our food (which, let's be honest, is a bigger public health threat than covid-19. And covid-19 is a real threat).

But it is extremely difficult (perhaps impossible) to accurately and precisely convey information such that it will be 100% interpreted correctly. I would also argue that humans are incapable of thinking without biases, particularly cognitive biases. Working in groups introduces new biases as well.

It is true that any news media is incapable of complete and utter bias-free honesty. But the mainstream news outlets in the US all attempt to factually report the news with relatively low levels of bias. Politicians have long been known for their creative interpretation of facts and ability to change conversations. However, both politicians and news outlets have usually agreed that there are facts and an objective reality. And they respond and make retractions when caught flat-out lying. We should still trust news outlets that make a good faith effort to adhere to the basic standards and ethics of journalism.

Trust is not a binary all or nothing choice. You may trust your mother and still not trust her explanation when she tries to explain what's wrong with her computer. A mechanic may trust a customer, but also understand the customer may not be accurately describing a problem with their car.

Trump does not believe the truth matters. He would rather alter a map of a hurricane than say he misspoke about something. He will attack, deflect, or deny when presented with simple facts that contradict obvious misstatements he made. He is not a normal politician. He does not try to be honest. He does not deserve our trust. There is a huge difference between Trump and most politicians. We should not tolerate this just because some politicians have been slightly deceptive in the past.

I completely agree with you, and agree with policies like this from a humanitarian/moral position. And from an economic perspective, this would put a floor on the recession... avoid potentially millions of evictions, a further consolidation of housing by the wealthy, etc.

However, it is worth noting that the best research on the current recession shows quite the opposite (in large part thanks to expanded unemployment benefits and protections). Most of the current recession has been caused by spending declines from the top ~25% of earners. Which makes sense. They're not spending on services, restaurants, etc. for health reasons. And for economic reasons, they're wary of making larger investments.

TL;DR: You're spot on, but we're also going to be in a very deep recession due to reduced spending by the higher income brackets until people feel safe again.

There are much bigger issues at play here than politic gamesmanship and the economy. Educators who are opposed to reopening schools are opposed for legitimate reasons. Educators and social workers who want to reopen schools also tend to have good reasons. Countless children are stuck at home with abusive, stressed parents right now, with no access to outside help or social services. But teachers, students, and students' families will die as a result of premature school reopenings. Other than dealing with the pandemic, there is no "good" option that won't cost society dearly.

But you are right, that article is making shit up for political purposes. This is yet more of the "it would be better if everything went back to normal, so we'll just try to force people to behave as if there is no pandemic" bullshit that got the United States into this position. No other developed nation on the planet is handling this so poorly. We need to deal with the pandemic first.

First, you and Dr. Atlas are clearly not elementary school teachers. He is an expert on neuroradiology, not education or epidemiology. He is not accurately presenting the arguments made by experts in either fields. It is laughable to suggest that high-risk teachers should just "teach using social distancing". Good luck with that.

Second, good luck "social distancing" indoors, in rooms with minimal air circulation. Even if you can stay six feet apart all day, that's not going to protect anyone.

Third, there are still some huge unknowns around covid-19 and kids. There could be more long-term damage than we know about. And, while there is some hope that children under 13 may be less contagious than adults, it seems they're still capable of transmitting this virus. What could possibly go wrong with putting hundreds of disease vectors together in close quarters in the same facility every day, then sending them home to their families?

Fourth, let's be honest. This is about providing daycare, not education. The press to reopen schools is coming from a (misguided) hope that it will jumpstart the economy by letting more people return to normal economic activity.

Finally, would YOU risk your life and the lives of your loved ones for a teacher's salary?

I'll give Dr Atlas some credit for at least mentioning teachers, since most articles on the subject don't even bother addressing their welfare.

I hear you, but let's be honest: most startups are on AWS or GKE, and a load balancer will cost them around $15/month. There are very few good reasons not to use one of those options if you're already in public cloud.

I suspect a lot of small businesses, esp. smaller tech adjacent companies still using colocation still have real challenges around cert management, though.

I'm not a fan of the tone, but have to agree that this is a solvable issue. Even if you don't want to use a proper load balancer in front of your site, there are a lot of options to get around this. A cert roll should never require production downtime.

Starman already went over one billion miles in his Tesla. But if the battery died in ~12 hours, that would've been closer to 500k miles? So I guess it's just a ballistic vehicle now.